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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Question about sentence element

Hi Teachers,
Which sentence element is 'books' in the followinng question?
How many books are there on the shelf? Is it a subject?
Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Yes, it's the subject of the sentence. The simple sentence is 'Some books are on the shelf'. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • Yes, it's the subject of the sentence.
  • The simple sentence is 'Some books are on the shelf'.
  • Rover
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Yes, it's the subject of the sentence.

The simple sentence is 'Some books are on the shelf'.

Rover
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In existential sentences, some grammarians consider 'there' the grammatical subject and the noun phrase the notional subject; others simply call the noun phrase the subject and 'there' 'existential there'.
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Hi Teachers,
Could you help me with this one too?
In this sentence, 'How many tickets is Caroline going to buy for the concert?' The subject is 'Caroline', isn't it?
And 'tickets' is the direct object of the verb 'buy'.
Am I right?

TS
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